by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Sep 30, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Rueters (September 30, 2021) – The United States will hold an auction for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 17 to comply with a court order to resume oil and gas lease sales, the Biden administration said on Thursday. The auction of some 80 million...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | May 18, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations, Southeast Region, State Issues
Hobbs News-Sun (May 18, 2021) – Lea County officials want New Mexico, the nation’s third highest oil production state, to join other states fighting President Joe Biden’s moratorium on federal oil leases. Lea County is the nation’s No. 1 oil producer among...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | May 7, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Royalties, Rules & Regulations
Roll Call (May 6, 2021) – A House panel voted a bill out of committee Wednesday that would raise the royalty fees oil and gas companies pay to operate on federal land. Petroleum and natural gas companies pay a 12.5 percent fee to the treasury on their revenue...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Apr 29, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, Legislative, News (Public Access), State Issues
Associated Press (April 23, 2021) – The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of how the program contributes to climate change, officials said Wednesday. The action does not affect...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Apr 22, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, News (Public Access), Northwest Region, Rules & Regulations, Southeast Region, State Issues
Carlsbad Current Argus & IPANM (April 20, 2021) – U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-NM), New Mexico’s only Republican in Congress, continued in the charge against energy policies enacted by President Joe Biden’s administration which Herrell said threatened her...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Apr 20, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
IPANM (April 19, 2021) – IPANM submitted comments to the Department of the Interior calling for end of the current federal leasing moratorium that is already impacting drilling activity in New Mexico. In the comment letter, IPANM Executive Director Jim...
